User: #dc143c

[lonered]

[USER: #DC143C]

Hey. Uh. It's Keith.

Something just happened to me, and I don't know if it's happened to anyone else.

I went home. I went home for months. But I'm also not sure I even really left? I've been gone... quiznak, a few days here? Maybe? It's confusing but I swear it's real. I remember all of it.

And more than that, I've got the injuries to back it up. You can't fake a fighter crash injuries under battle wounds just like that. And older scars I didn't have before I...

[He's fine. But the impressively colorful display of bruises and minor cuts that cover most of his body is pretty distinct at the moment, and not something he thinks could come from much besides exactly what he remembers happening. It all matches up perfectly.]

Anyway. I woke up in the woods. I don't remember going out there, but I must have. And someone or something stole my shoes, so that's... also awesome.

Has this happened to anyone else? What the hell is going on?

Oh.

Turns out I'm alive after all, by the way, if anyone was wondering. Back home, I mean.

And I have a mother.

[It has been... a really really weird day. He needs a hug. And to beat the crap out of something, but there's no training deck here so that's unfortunate.]

Comments

[theshowsover]

[He nods in understanding. It's hardly Keith's fault that things like that happened and interrupted their work. It's hard to keep focused on a census when shadows are trying to wreck your life and relationships.]

We could set something up, on the forum. [Probably the easiest way.]

[lonered]

Yeah. That's what I was thinking. Asking people to opt into it, and then organizing it so people can search through it to find.

And more than that, we can keep track of who is here. And who has disappeared.

[Because yeah. that is now a thing they need to consider.]

[theshowsover]

Right. Or if someone goes missing in the forest. [Since that is a thing that has more or less happened to him.]

But you shouldn't worry about that right now. [He seems to remember himself after that, leaning back some.] You just got back.

[lonered]

Also important. Because who knows what's waiting out there. I don't think we've seen the extent of what might be hiding in the woods yet.

[Pleasant thought, isn't it? Keith is good at those.]

Yeah, but I should get back into the swing of things. Sitting around and being useless won't help me or anyone.

[theshowsover]

[They really don't know all that's in the forest. More exploration might be good, but also dangerous. Maybe the requests will help them clear out some of the more dangerous stuff...

Anyway. He seems understanding of Keith's sentiment.]

Kind of a workaholic, huh? [It's not like Akira is much better, really.]